Škoda
Sport (1950 Le Mans car)

Why it matters

The Škoda Sport is the last Czech car to have raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Czech crew. It ran at the 1950 event and was retired after 13 hours with a minor technical failure.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

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Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Czechoslovakia wanted a locally built car to test series parts abroad, so Škoda built a sporting derivative of the 1101 "Tudor". Two blue cars with 1.1-litre engines were made: one with a Roots supercharger and 56 hp for the 1,500 cm³ class, one without and 42 hp for the 1,100 cm³ class. They first raced on 25 September 1949 at the Brno City Prize.

For Le Mans the car without supercharger was used. Wheelbase was lengthened by 180 mm, two extra headlights and a passenger windscreen were fitted, and it ran on Michelin tyres. Václav Bobek and Jaroslav Netušil held 5th overall and second in class before a broken piston pin fuse ended the race in the 121st lap after about 13 hours. Only spares carried on board could be used.

Technical specifications

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Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

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Sources

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1. 1
   Škoda Sport (1949): The long-distance runner from the other side of the Iron Curtain Level A Škoda Storyboard (Škoda Auto) · 2026-05-14

   • Two blue-painted cars with 1.1-litre engines were built
   • water-cooled four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1089 cm³
   • displacement of 1089 cm³
   • compression ratio of 8.6:1
   • Solex 40 UAIP carburettor
   • delivered 50 hp (37 kW) at 5200 rpm
   • 50 hp (37 kW) at 5200 rpm
   • central tube was shortened by 400 mm
   • low, open body that was made by hand from sheet aluminium
   • weighed in at just 700 kilograms
   • reached a top speed of 140 km/h
   • consumption of just 12 litres per 100 km

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Škoda Storyboard press release: A legend returns to Le Mans: Škoda Sport back on the famous circuit after 75 years Level A

   • 2 Škoda Sport cars built; the 1950 Le Mans special is 'one of only two ever built'

   Accessed 2026-11-12